Published: March 02, 2007
Chicago Company Wins EPA Innovation Research Contract
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will give a $70,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to Integrated Genomics Inc., 2201 W. Campbell Park Drive, Chicago, Ill. The money will enable the company to develop a method to produce butanol from biomass that is economically competitive with the chemical synthesis of butanol from petroleum. The company is one of 36 nationally to win a SBIR contract.
The purpose of the SBIR program is to strengthen the role of small businesses in federally funded research and development, and help develop a stronger national base for technical innovation. An SBIR small business is defined as a for-profit organization with no more than 500 employees.
EPA solicits research proposals for SBIR grants each year. The next Phase I solicitation opens on March 15 and closes May 16, 2007. For more information go to http://www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir.
Source: U.S. EPA
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